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END OF A RECORD FLIGHT Unidentified children
examine a giant plastic balloon which came to rest in a
cedar swamp near Hermansville, Mich, after soaring more
than 16 miles above the earth. The balloon carried two
Navy scientists, LCDR. M. L. Lewis and Comdr. Malcolm D.
Ross across three states in a hush-hush space exploration
flight. Called "Strato-Lab High No. 2," the flight was kept
a secret until after its ascension from an open pit iron
mine at Crosby, Minn. Peak height of the flight was
86,000-feet. The gondola and crew landed unharmed.
Local Initiative
Urged on Members
Of Cities League
Portland HP) Less reliance
on state and federal help and
more use of local Initiative to
get things done was urged by
Mayor Norris Poulson of Los
Angeles Tuesday at the League
of Oregon Cities convention
here.
Poulson was ill and unable
to attend but his prepared ad
dress was read by Richard Car
penter, a California League ex
ecutive. Poulson, a former resident of
Baker, Ore., said in the address
that the era of looking to the
federal government for "all good
things is about over."
Should Convert Land '
He said that a successful may
or cannot succeed if "he is mere
ly a figurehead."
As a possible means of raising
money he suggested converting
some "white elephant" public
land to private de-elopment and
thus the tax rolls. He also said
a sales tax was a "convenient
way to get thousands of citizens
and tourists who otherwise do
no pay for ser-ices to share in
the cost."
Mayor Ben West of Nashville,
Tenn., was a visitor at the con
vention. On the integration sub
ject he said he believed in the
peoples' right to take sides on
classroom integration but insist
ed that law and order rule.
Must Weigh Security
Against Radiation
San Francisco HP An Am
erican atomic scientist warned
Tuesday that the nation's secur
ity must be balanced against the
effects of radiation in determin
ing whether testing of nuclear
weapons should continue.
Wright H. Langham, a scien
tist at the Los Alamos. N.M.,
test center, made his statement
at the closing session of the Ra
diological Health institute.
Langham said the biological
effects of radiation are "adequate
to dispel an attitude of gloom
and doom." but not sufficient to
permit "plunging ahead reck
lessly and without worry into all
aspects of nuclear technology."
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Montana Buried
Under Snowfall
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The season's first major snow
storm buried Montana under a
foot of snow and dumper light
er amounts across the Northern
Plains.
Forecasters predicted more
snow today in the Rockies south
to Colorado and northeastward
through Nebraska, the Dak'otas
and into the Northwestern Great
Lakes.
The snow blew in on a cold
air wave that dropped tempera
tures to near zero in parts of the
Northern Plains. The coldest
reading reported early today
was 4 above zero at Lewiston,
Mont.
Montana was hardest hit by
the storm, which deposited an
average of one foot of snow
throughout the state. The ac
cumulation was expected to
reach as much as 20 inches at
higher elevations. Highway
crews kept roads open, but
chains were required to ne
gotiate mountain passes.
The storm caught as many
as 500 hunters in the Benchmark
area near Augusta, Mont., north
of Helena, but Sheriff Dave Mid
dlemas said roads were in "good
shape" and the men were abl
to leave the area without any
trouble.
About 18 inches of snow fell
on the Bryce Canyon area, and
lesser amounts blanketed por
tions of the Dakotas, Wyoming
and Northwest Nebraska Tues
day. Weathermen warned highway
travelers and cattle ranchers in
the plains states to take precau
tions in view of the additional
snowfall predicted for today.
Verdict Returned in
Deer Hunting Death
Bend HP) A Deschutes
county coroner's jury has re
turned a finding of involuntary
manslaughter in connection with
the hunting accident death of
Emerie E. McKinley, 45, Port
land, near here last week end.
District Judge Joe Thalhofer
said a warrant would be issued
against Clarence F. Draheim of
Monmouth. He told the jury
"When I fired the shot I thought
I was shooting at a deer and
I am not yet sure."
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Hermansville, Mich. (IP)
The Navy was at odds today
with state and county police
over who was supposed to guard
a giant research balloon which
i landed in an "inaccessible
swamp near here and was
quickly stripped of much of its
valuable equipment by souven
ir hunters.
The Navy fired the opening
salvo Tuesday with a statement
that the big gondola was sup
posed to have been guarded by
highway patrolmen and sher
iff's officers.
State police at nearby Iron
Mountain said they "had two
cars out there but no one said
anything to us about guarding
the balloon."
The balloon carrying two
Navy scientists, landed in a ced
ar swamp after soaring across
three states and more than 16
miles above the earth. It was
launched from an open pit mine
at Crosby, Minn.
Theft Discovered
The balloonists and a crew
that followed them picked up
some of the lighter equipment
from the gondola and flew back
to Minneapolis. The theft was
discovered Tuesday when a
crew went to the swamp to re
trieve the gondola.
The balloonists said they had
picked up "a lot of important
information during the space
flight." But an officer said the
trip would be a complete loss
unless the instruments which re
corded the information were re
turned. The FBI was called in and
appeals were broadcast over the
radio asking the badger hunters
to return their "souvenirs" of
the space flight immediately and
they would not be prosecuted.
Scientists To Study
Underground Blast
Atomic Test Site, Nev
Scientists today directed drillers
in boring a hole from the top of
a 700-foot Mesa to an under
ground tunnel where a nuclear
device exploded in September.
They hope to discover what
effect the blast had on the com
position of the blast chamber,
the heat retained in the area
and the amount of radiation
there.
Drilling, started last week was
expected to be completed in
about 10 days. Up to Tuesday
the drill had hit about 350 feet
through the volcanic tufa rock
composing the mesa.
Middle-Aged Man
Robs Service Station
Por.tland HP) A middle
aged man wearing a golfer's cap
held up a service station on
North-east Killingsworth street
here Tuesday night and took
$47 from the 18-year-old attend
ant. Donald N. Bighouse, 18, who
was attending the station, told
police the robber put him into
a restroom after taking the
money from the cash register.
The youth waited three minutes
and then called police.
San Francisco M The
Navy seaplane tender USS Oys
ter Bay was transferred to the
Italian Navy today under terms
of the Mutual Defense Treaty.
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Goes on iecord as
Against Ordinance
The Eagle Point Grange has
gone on record as opposed to
the proposed county subdivision
ordinance because of its "re
strictive and discriminatory na
ture" and because it would be
"detrimental to the best inter
ests of our area."
The ordinance, drawn up with
the assistance of planning con
sultants from Redwood City,
Calif., was presented to the
county court by the county plan
ning commission. The county
court later returned the pro
posed ordinance to the commis
sion with instructions to revise
it.
The Grange, in a statement op
posing the proposed ordinance,
noted that it contains 160 "regu
latory items, most of which re
strict and harass a person en
gaged in selling off a few small
plots of land for building pur
poses." Standards in the ordi
nance, the Grange said, are too
high, and can not "be met and
would bring to a half all at
tempts at small lot subdivision
and building in this area."
Objectives Desirable
Some objectives of the ordi
nance are desirable, such as "cor
rect boundaries, well located and
constructed roads, properly in
stalled utilities and purchaser
protection from fraud and un
foreseen costs. Careful planning
will help in these, matters, but
planning that involves too many
surveyors, abstractors, engineers,
lawyers, financiers, architects,
tradesmen and helpers, inspect
ors and officials is expensive."
The Grange statement noted
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that the "ordinance might be
practical enough for areas ad
jacent to large cities where big
housing projects are built, but
it is a misfit in a sparsely popu
lated area like Eagle Point
where building tends to be of
the individual or unit type that
isn't dependent on the services
and utilities of a city."
The statement quotes sections
of the proposed ordinance which
it believes could not apply to
areas like Eagle Point. One sec
tion provides that "only those
areas that can be economically
serviced and maintained will de
velop . . . The net result of that
policy will be that only those
parts of the county near enough
to the larger towns to be ser
viced through extension of their
streets and utility systems will
develop," the Grange said.
Sidewalk Standards
It notes the ordinance sets
standards for sidewalks and
roads, and that those standards
are too high. Another section
would limit building to only
those areas that have access to
city sewers.
The Grange noted that rural
residents do not have the finan
cial backing to construct sewer
systems, and that septic tanks
"are the only way out . . . Some
instruction and regulation on
building drain fields might be
in order, but any blanket rule
against their use (septic tanks)
would be arbitrary and imprac
tical." "A subdivision ordinance
should be tuned to the needs
of the community it serves, but
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Maloney Said Not
Especially Helpful
In 1954 Campaign
Portland (IP Ex-District At
torney William Langley of Mult
nomah county said Tuesday he
did not believe Thomas E. Ma
loney was especially helpful in
his 1954 campaign for office.
Langley was testifying for the
second day at Maloney's trial on
a gambling conspiracy charge.
He said he disapproved of Ma
loney's ideas about using a
sound truck and telephone calls
as campaign aids. He said Ma
loney was "around a lot, but
that doesn't mean he was help
ful." Helpful As Informer
Langley testified that Maloney
was helpful as an informer for
his office after he was elected.
He said he found Maloney'g in
formation was "extremely ac
curate." The former county official ad
mitted that the late John
Sweeney, secretary-treasurer of
the Western Conference of
Teamsters, once handed him a
S500 check from the confer
ence. Langley said he indorsed
it and handed it back. He said
he believed it was spent on
campaign literature. Howard
Lonergan, Maloney's attorney,
later introduced a $2,000 check
from the Western Conference of
Teamsters made out to Robert
D. Holmes, now governor. It also
had been indorsed over for cam
paign expenses to an advertis
ing agency, which Langley said
was a common practice.
shouldn't set standards so high
that it will defeat its own pur
pose by stifling development" as
the Grange believes the proposed
ordinance will, the Grange
noted. "Development should be
general over the county and not
limited to favored areas," the
statement read.
Two Sides to Issue
"We realize there are two
sides to this issue, and that in
the areas around large cities,
some such supervision of subdi
vision development Is necessary.
If a start' is to be made here we
would prefer to see some land
use zoning that would prevent
the use of good agricultural land
from being used for industrial
and commercial purposes as is
being done along Highway 99. ,
"Industries should be put on
poorer land as at Camp White
. . . where new private roads are
opened up attention should be
given to their location and spe
cifications with a view to their
becoming public roads later.
Some of the basic things of the
building code might be accepted
since they don't have that com
munity quality that makes them
so hard to meet.
"Since the city of Eagle Point
can establish a planning board
of its own and work out a sub
division ordinance especially
adapted to this area when it sees
the need for it, we believe we'll
get a more flexible, workable
ordinance in that way. A thing
as comprehensive and far reach
ing in its effects as this proposed
ordinance with the possibilities
it has for descrimination against
individuals and areas shouldn't
be lightly or hastily assumed."
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Murder Charged To
Air Force Sergeant
Portland (IP Edward Harold
Conklin, 24-year-old Air Force
staff sergeant, was charged with
first degree murder in an indict
ment returned by a Multnomah
county grand jury Tuesday in
connection with the fatal shoot
ing of S-Sgt. Patrick A. Leary
Oct. 4.
Police said Conklin and Leary,
both of Portland air base, had
been drinking the night of the
shooting, and had an argument
about a woman.
LECTURER DIES
New York (IP) Mary Colum,
70, lecturer, author and critic,
died here Tuesday of a heart at
tacks. Mrs. Colum won numer
ous awards for her literary crit
icism and contributions to literature.
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Nyssa Man Released
On Charges of Rape
Vale OP) A 12-member jury
returned a verdict of innocent
Tuesday night in favor of Bar
tolo Chavez, 22, Nyssa, who was
indicted by a grand jury here
AUgust 26 on a charge of statu
tory rape involving a 14-year-old
Nyssa girl.
Portland Woman Hurt
In Trolley-Auto Crash
Portland HP) Mrs. John Titz
gibbon, 35, Portland, was treat
ed and released from a hospital
Tuesday after a Bellrose inter
urban streetcar crashed into her
station wagon near Wavely
Country Club.
Mrs. Fitzgibbon suffered a
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None of the passengers on the
streetcar was injured.
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